Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 adjourned till October 15, 2021 for hearing of all applications in respect of the Kogi State N20bn salary bail-out account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc.
TheIdeal reports that Justice Tijani Garba Ringim had on August 31 ordered the freezing of the account, following an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
A statement from the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said the counsel to the Kogi State government, Prof. Sam Erogbo, SAN, told Justice Aneke, whom the matter was re-assigned to, that his client had filed processes against the interim order granted by Justice Ringim, and that the EFCC had equally filed reply to the same.
The statement said, “Erogbo, therefore, told the court that he needed time to respond to the EFCC’s counter-claim and also asked for a short date to hear his applications.
“In his response, counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, admitted being served with the processes and added that he had equally filed his counter.
“Consequently, Justice Aneke adjourned the matter till October 15, 2021 for hearing of all the applications.”
The EFCC had in a 13-paragraph affidavit in support of the ex-parte application, stated that it received a credible and direct intelligence, which led to the tracing of the funds reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities in account No. 0073572696 domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc with the name Kogi State Salary Bailout Account.
